Mammalia - Sirenia - Trichechidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1883. Sobre una colección de mamíferos fósiles del Piso Mesopotámico de la formación Patagónica recogidos en las barrancas del Paraná por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini. Bol. de la Acad. Nac. Cienc. Córdoba V(1):101-116
Belongs to Ribodon according to M. Voss 2014
See also Ameghino 1885, Burmeister 1885, Cozzuol 1996, Domning 1994, Domning 1996, Domning 2008, Heal 1973, Pascual 1953, Trouessart 1898 and Trouessart 1904
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Barrancas del Rio Parana, which is in a Tortonian marginal marine siltstone/sandstone in the Entre Rios Formation of Argentina
Ecology: aquatic herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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